Black Atlantic EssayShane Gladstone
The role Music played within the development of slave culture: Focus on The Blues
"From the years 1505 to 1870, the world underwent the largest forced migration in history: West Africa was soon to be convulsed by the arrival of Europeans and become the advent of the transatlantic slave trade. Ships from Europe, bound for America, appeared on the horizon, and their captains and sailors - carrying, muskets, swords and shackles - landed on the coast, walked up the beach in their strange clothes, looked around, and demanded slaves. A horrific chapter in history had begun, and neither Africa nor America would be the same again." (Awmiller:14)
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